Roger Yasukawa

Roger Yasukawa

Born: October 10, 1977
Age: 47
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Biography

Roger Yasukawa (born October 10, 1977) is an American auto racing driver.

He was born in Los Angeles, California. He is of Japanese-American descent.

Yasukawa started karting in Southern California, winning the California State Championship in 1991 in Junior Sportsman. He then moved to Italy to compete in JICA. He moved to car racing in 1997 in the Formula Vauxhall Junior Championship in England, before winning the West Coast Skip Barber Formula Dodge 2-Liter Championship in 1998. He moved back to the UK to compete in the inaugural Formula Palmer Audi Championship, before driving several years in the Barber Dodge Pro Series before moving up to the Toyota Atlantic championship in 2002 as a teammate to Ryan Hunter-Reay. He finished 10th in points.

Yasukawa signed to drive for former Formula One driver Aguri Suzuki's new Indy Racing League team in 2003. He was second to future series champion Dan Wheldon in the rookie-of-the-year standings and 12th overall, with 8 top-10 finishes. He ran only two races for Rahal Letterman Racing in 2004 but finished 10th both times. He struggled on a return to a full-time seat in 2005 for the underfunded Dreyer & Reinbold Racing.

Yaskuawa has only made occasional IRL appearances since 2006. He drove in the 2006 Indianapolis 500 for Playa Del Racing and finished 16th. He was a late entry for the 2007 event, running in Dreyer and Reinbold's third car, alongside 2004 Indianapolis 500 champion Buddy Rice and Sarah Fisher. In 2008 he contested the Motegi round as well as the 2008 Indianapolis 500, for Beck Motorsports, however he failed to qualify for Indy.

In 2007, Yasukawa drove the #11 SAMAX Motorsport Daytona Prototype at Infineon Raceway, finishing 17th.

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Motorsports Career Results

American open-wheel racing results

(key)

Barber Dodge Pro Series

Year 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
1999
SEB

NAZ

LRP

POR

CLE

ROA

DET

MDO

GRA

LS

HMS

WGI
9th 81
2000
SEB

MIA

NAZ

LRP

DET

CLE

MDO

ROA

VAN

LS

RAT

HMS
7th 94
2001
SEB

PIR

LRP1

LRP2

DET

CLE

TOR

CHI

MDO

ROA

VAN

LS
4th 128

Atlantic Championship

Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Rank Points
2002 Hylton Motorsports
MTY

LBH

MIL

LS

POR

CHI

TOR

CLE

TRR

ROA

MTL

DEN
10th 73

IndyCar Series

Year Team Chassis Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points
2003 Super Aguri Fernandez Racing Dallara IR-03 Honda HI3R V8 HMS
PHX
MOT
IND
TXS
PPI
RIR
KAN
NSH
MIS
STL
KTY
NZR
CHI
CAL
TX2
12th 301
2004 Rahal Letterman Racing G-Force GF09B Honda HI4R V8 HMS
PHX
MOT
IND
TXS
RIR
KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY PPI NZR CHI CAL TX2 26th 39
2005 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI5R V8 HMS
PHX
STP
MOT
IND
TXS
RIR
KAN
NSH
MIL
MIS
KTY
PPI
SNM
CHI
WGL
CAL
17th 246
2006 Playa Del Racing Panoz GF09C Honda HI6R V8 HMS STP MOT IND
WGL TXS RIR KAN NSH MIL MIS KTY SNM CHI 28th 14
2007 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 HMS STP MOT KAN IND
MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO MIS KTY SNM DET CHI 30th 12
2008 CURB/Agajanian/Beck Motorsports Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 HMS STP MOT1
LBH1
KAN IND
MIL TXS IOW RIR WGL NSH MDO EDM KTY SNM DET CHI 35th 16
2009 Dreyer & Reinbold Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 STP
LBH
KAN
IND
MIL
TXS
IOW
RIR
WGL
TOR
EDM
KTY
MDO
SNM
CHI
MOT
HMS
39th 12
2010 Conquest Racing Dallara IR-05 Honda HI7R V8 SAO
STP
ALA
LBH
KAN
IND
TXS
IOW
WGL
TOR
EDM
MDO
SNM
CHI
KTY
MOT
HMS
40th 12
1 Run on same day.
Years Teams Races Poles Wins Podiums
(Non-win)
Top 10s
(Non-podium)
Indianapolis 500
Wins
Championships
8 6 41 0 0 0 9 0 0

Indy 500 results

Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team
2003 Dallara Honda 11th 10th Fernández
2004 G-Force Honda 12th 10th Rahal Letterman
2005 Dallara Honda 17th 18th Dreyer & Reinbold
2006 Panoz Honda 28th 16th Playa Del
2007 Dallara Honda 23rd 21st Dreyer & Reinbold
2008 Dallara Honda Failed to Qualify Beck

[ Source: Wikipedia ]


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